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The Search for Modern China
- Narrateur(s): Frederick Davidson
- Durée: 36 h et 52 min
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- Alexandre Lariviere
- 2021-10-28
Takes some getting used to, but great work.
The narrator takes some getting used to but you can eventually just sink into the narrative. Spends most of the time in Modern or near-Modern China, with relatively little in the Ming Period.
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